One of my followers mentioned the other day that one of the things holding her back from starting her fitness journey is the muscle soreness that comes with it. As someone who personally craves muscle soreness, this perspective came as a surprise to me. This is something I completely understand being a limitation but never considered being an issue, until now. I'm so glad she shared this with me as different perspectives and experiences are fresh ideas for a blog post which may help other people with the same issue.​With that being said, if you ever have a question or experience you think others may be dealing with too, feel free to email me at kodietalleyfitness@gmail.com.

Muscle soreness is from the breakdown of muscle tissue and recovery of those muscles due to increase stress put on your body from exercise. It is good for your body to build strength and adapt to different stress and will allow you to become more capable in many aspects of your life. But what if you absolutely HATE muscle soreness?!

People always say, starting over is hard. Not only do you have to find the motivation again, get back on routine and stay disciplined.. but you may also have to go through the muscle soreness you had already been through months or years prior. Every time you quit and have to start over, you go through the same muscle building process as before, resulting in the same muscle soreness. If you hate muscle soreness, stop starting over.

The longer you stick with it the less sore you become. Your muscles start adapting to the stress you're engaging them in. As you progress on your journey you will want to increase stress to continue seeing results. However, your body will become use to muscle soreness to the point where you either won't notice it, or you'll crave having it. For me, muscle soreness means I made the most out of my workout and I'm closer to my goals. I'm actually disappointed if I'm not sore the next day. Meanwhile, as you're starting off and hating soreness, remember that the fitter you get, the less sore you will become at the exercises you are currently doing!

Make sure you're consuming enough proteins, veggies and carbs both post workout and throughout your day. As you're transforming your body it's making a ton of changes to your entire digestive and energy system. Fueling it with the estimated number of calories your body needs according to your weight in addition to every food group is highly important and will avoid unnecessary muscle soreness.

Stretching & foam rolling are two things you can do post workout to tend to your muscles and help decrease the next day muscle soreness. You will still be sore, but this will help your muscles recover faster and prevent injury. (YOGA TOO!)​I personally am not afraid to use Ibuprofen or other low dosage pain reducers when I'm extremely sore. (*Ask doctor if you have health issues)

Active recovery days are crucial! Continue to move your body on the days where you feel too sore to strain your muscles any further. Go on a walk, do some yoga, lay on the floor a stretch.

I personally take a protein in supplement form called Recover. It's meant to aid in muscle recovery. I take it in supplement form to insure my body is getting the protein intake it needs, as it's hard to do this from whole foods alone. If you want to check out what I drink, click the button below! ​I drink it blended with ice, water and a banana and it literally tastes like a chocolate shake! ​​​

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